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Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released details for the 2018 Orange Africa Nations Championship, but Malawi is not on the list of 43 teams that will enter the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations. Malawi is missing on the list of teams eligible to participate in the next edition…

Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Allan Chiyembekeza on Sunday launched a K5 million (about $7 174) league in his Thyolo South West Constituency. The function, which attracted sports veterans such as Jack Chamangwana, James Sangala and Mary Waya, took place at Molele Primary School. Speaking during the function, Chiyembekeza said 33 football teams…

Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS) plans to cut some sporting disciplines from a list of 2016 Presidential Initiative on Sports (PIS) beneficiaries in a bid to counter the programme’s funding woes. In an interview yesterday, MNCS executive secretary George Jana said the K120 million (about $190,243) funding for the initiative which Parliament approved in…

Holland Kadish Hockey Foundation (KHF) is this Saturday scheduled to meet parents of students at Malawi National Sports Council (MNCS) offices to brief them about a training concept. The foundation’s technical director Geofrey Biya said in an interview on Saturday at Kamuzu Stadium upper ground, where over 70 children train, that, among other things, the…

Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS) has set October 3 as the official date for Taekwondo Association of Malawi (TAM) elective general assembly. This comes a month after MNCS nullified results of the initial elections that were held alongside the Presidential Taekwondo Championships in Salima. Then, MNCS described the polls, which saw Andrew Soole…

Malawi has missed out on the list of African countries hosting International Netball Federation (INF) activities between 2015-19 despite her team being ranked five worldwide and one in Africa. According to INF events calendar for 2015-2019 available at its website, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa are the African countries listed to host such international netball…

Genetrix and Nyala hockey clubs’ men and women teams were yesterday expected to leave for Lusaka to participate in the Zambia Hockey Association (ZHA) Championships between Friday and Sunday at the Olympic Development Centre. Each of the clubs has a squad of 30 players, 15 male and the same number of females. They set off…

Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS) has said Football Association of Malawi (FAM) will no longer be allowed to divert funding meant for the Presidential Cup towards Flames engagements. The K60 million ($120 000) tournament, which was established to identify talent and improve football from the grass roots, has not been held for two years…

Friends of Mulanje Orphans (Fomo) on Friday bailed out the Special Olympics squad with items worth over K1 million ($2000). The squad, which received K16 million ($32 000)) from the Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS) for air-tickets, visas and camping for the Los Angeles Summer Games, was training without kits at Kamuzu Stadium until…

Central Region Pool League (CRPL) chairperson Franco Banda will vie for the presidency at Malawi Pool Association (Mapa) elections slated for July 24 at Civo Club House in Lilongwe. Banda, a chartered banker, will face the incumbent president Chikondi Mbewe. The incumbent president from Eastern Region Pool League (ERPL), who has served for two years,…

Saturday’s Blantyre derby between Be Forward Wanderers and Big Bullets grossed a domestic club record of K26.8 million at Kamuzu Stadium, but teams are not happy to pocket just K5.6 million each. Gate management outsourced firm Fellowship Association of Malawi (Fama) general secretary Japhet Majekete confirmed that the proceeds were unprecedented for a Super League…

The Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS) has contracted the High Performance Centre (HPC) at the College of Medicine Sports Complex to conduct trials for athletes to be earmarked for Under-20 Africa Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region Five Games scheduled for Angola next year. The HPC is inviting Under-17 athletes for next week’s trials in…